![]() ![]() Right after dinner, I made a quick visit to one of the two lavatories. Each of Emirates food offering comes with a basket of assorted bread. My wife had mentioned earlier that the prawn machboos was good, so I decided to go for that as well. Meaning that you can dine when you want, and how you want it.įor appetizer, I ordered Caviar which was quite tasty and well presented. She skipped dessert.īut for me, what’s First Class flight (especially on airlines like Emirates) without Caviar? Right? I love it when I get reminded by Emirates First Class cabin attendants about their Dine-On-Demand service. Oops! She ordered asparagus soup as appetizer, and prawn machboos for main course. And before I could get a picture of any of her food, she was already halfway into eating them. So, even though this was a daytime flight, and a 13-hour flight for that matter, my wife was ready to sleep for the most part of the flight. Like I mentioned earlier, this was our honeymoon trip, and the previous few weeks before the trip was quite hectic for us. I did a detailed review of the Emirates First Class in 2019, so this time around, I won’t be showing too many details about the first-class cabin and the suites itself. I was also offered canapes and warm nuts at the same time with the Arabic coffee and dates. Fortunately though, my Arabic coffee and dates were served in a totally different way. Unfortunately, we experienced some turbulence the moment we hit 10,000 feet and it took a little longer before services commenced. There were 4 middle seats available, Suites 3D and 3F eventually became our bedroom in the air.Īs I was making some videos for our YouTube channel while the pre-departure drinks were being served, I requested that my Arabic coffee and dates be served right after take-off. Knowing that there were only 3 other passengers in First Class, I picked Suite 2K for my wife while I was in 3K. Check the website to see what the requirements are.Įmirates does not have its own lounge at Washington Dulles airport, but we were invited to visit their contracted lounge, The Air France Lounge IAD where we spent about half an hour before boarding.īoarding started as scheduled, and a moment later, we were onboarded our flight EK232 from Washington DC to Dubai. As a reminder, if you’re traveling to Maldives, you’re required to submit a mandatory health declaration on the IMUGA (Maldives immigration’s) website. To be clear, we were both in First Class on our Washington Dulles to Dubai flight EK232, and my wife was in First Class from Dubai to Maldives while I was in Business Class.Ĭhecking in was kind of less exciting, as the agent struggled while figuring out our PCR Test and other required health declarations as mandated by the Maldives immigration. The joy of Points and Miles, paying just about $58 for a $30,000 flight. But I was able to make the booking separately, booking my wife in First Class all the way to Maldives via Dubai, and a mixed cabin booking for me.įor this booking, we redeemed 150,000 Alaska miles per passenger (300K for the 2 of us) and paid $58 in taxes and fees. There was no availability for 2 passengers in First Class, and flexibility wasn’t an option for us since this was our honeymoon trip. ![]() Hearing that Alaska Airlines was ending its’ partnership with Emirates, we quickly locked in this booking. American Airlines Flagship Business (MIA – LAX).The American Airlines Flagship Lounge Miami.American Airlines Flagship First (JFK – MIA).The Longest Flight in the World (Singapore – New York).Aerotel Transit Hotel Changi Airport Singapore.Air France Lounge – Washington DC (IAD).So, thanks for reading along.Īfter planning our own wedding, my wife and I really wanted to treat ourselves to a Round-The-World trip on some of the world’s best flights and hotels. This is going to be a long post, but I’ll try as much as possible to keep it not too long. Although this time around, my goal was to fly my wife in Emirates First Class on the double-decker superjumbo Airbus A380, and for her to experience her first shower on a plane at 40,000 feet up in the air. It’s been 2 years since the last time I flew the Emirates First Class, and I wanted to see if much has changed ever since then.
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